Regularise your status in Mexico after an overstay or unauthorised activity
Official name: Regularización por tener documento vencido o por realizar actividades no autorizadas
For people in Mexico whose migration document has expired, or who are doing activities their status does not allow. The document must be no more than 60 calendar days past its expiry. You pay a fine and show a basis for the status you want, such as a job offer, solvency, property or study. Past 60 days, this route is closed: INM says you must leave or use another regularisation route.
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59
Price level · US = 100
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Tax
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Income tax (national)
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Eligibility
Who it’s for: People in Mexico with a migration document expired by no more than 60 calendar days, or doing activities their status does not allow.
In Mexico, entered regularly
Sign in to check this route against your profileThe law covers people who were authorised to enter regularly and then stayed past their permitted period, or who do activities other than those their status allows.
60-day limit
Sign in to check this route against your profileApply within 60 calendar days after your permitted stay ended.
60 calendar days
Time limit
- INM says after this limit you must leave Mexico or regularise under another provision
Official wording
The application must be made within 60 calendar days after the permitted stay ended. INM says that past this limit you must leave the country or regularise under another provision.
A basis for the new status
Sign in to check this route against your profileShow one basis for your new status, from the list in the official text.
- Job offer from an employer registered with INM
- Solvency, or an invitation for an unpaid activity
- Real estate, or an investment in a Mexican company
- Acceptance by a Mexican school
Official wording
One of: a job offer from an employer registered with INM; solvency; an invitation for an unpaid activity; real estate; an investment in a Mexican company; or acceptance by a Mexican school.
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